anaconda

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English

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Etymology

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From New Latin anacandaia (python) [originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, whip snake), from හෙන (hena, lightning, thunderbolt) + කඳ (kaⁿda, stem, trunk, body) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, having killed an elephant), from ஆனை (āṉai, elephant) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, having killed).

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  • Audio (US):(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˌænəˈkɒndə/

Noun

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A green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

anaconda (plural anacondas)

  1. Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. [from 19th c.]
  2. (in particular) The green anaconda; Eunectes murinus.
  3. (by extension, slang, vulgar) A large penis.
    • 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot, "Baby Got Back", Mack Daddy:
      My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon
    • 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar's Game[1], Signet, published 2002, →ISBN:
      Womack went into the bedroom and checked on his two boys. When I headed to the bathroom to drain my anaconda, I caught a profile of him standing in the doorway, smiling down on the little rascals.
    • 2006, Christopher Darrick Odom, Visa Versa: Black Men Suffer in the Dating Game Too![2], iUniverse, →ISBN, page xi:
      I have chased after white women to find they only wanted to dance with my anaconda and weren't interested in me as a partner.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:anaconda.

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anaconda

  1. (card games) A particular variety of stud poker.

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anaconda f (plural anacondes)

  1. anaconda

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Dutch

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Borrowed from English anaconda.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.naːˈkɔn.daː/
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  • Hyphenation: ana‧con‧da

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anaconda f or m (plural anaconda's)

  1. anaconda, constrictor of the genus Eunectes

French

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anaconda m (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /a.naˈkon.da/
  • Rhymes: -onda
  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧cón‧da

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anaconda f (plural anaconde)

  1. (snake) anaconda

Portuguese

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Borrowed from English anaconda.

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  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧con‧da

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anaconda f (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda
    Synonym: (Brazil) sucuri

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Romanian

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Borrowed from French anaconda.

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anaconda f (plural anaconde)

  1. anaconda

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Spanish

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Borrowed from English anaconda.

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anaconda f (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda
  2. (by extension, slang, vulgar) a large penis

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